Murhaun R. C. Chapel

Situated in a low-lying position in an undulating landscape and on the N bank of a small NE-SW stream. This is the site of what was probably the first post-Penal Roman Catholic church of Drumshanbo, although it is about 700m outside the village and close to the S end of what was the main road to Dowra and is now the green road known as the Leitrim Way. The church is depicted as T-shaped (L c. 30m NE-SW) with a wing extending NW (L c. 10m) from its centre on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No physical evidence of it survives in an L-shaped graveyard (dims c. 80m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls, which is no longer used for burial. Two holy-water stoups from the church are incorporated into the graveyard wall by the roadside at the NE end. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008